Convert a number to a list of integers

Question

How do I write the magic function below?

>>> num = 123
>>> lst = magic(num)
>>>
>>> print lst, type(lst)
[1,         


        

Answer 1

You could do this:

>>> num = 123
>>> lst = map(int, str(num))
>>> lst, type(lst)
([1, 2, 3], )